![]() Classroom sessions are offered periodically at UGA's Gwinnett Campus. UGA and The Center for Legal Studies offer an intensive program that focuses on interviewing, investigation, research, legal documents and litigation assistance. Group projects (two people max) will be allowed.Earn a Paralegal Certificate from The University of Georgia by studying online or in the classroom in the most flexible and affordable program available anywhere. Ideas include, but are not limited to: A comparison of two films depicting the same criminal case, a polished/edited interview with a person somehow connected to a crime, an investigation of a local court or legal advocacy center. The final should center upon a legal topic. Assignments will include a series of short response papers and a substantial final project, which can take the form of either (up to the student) a final 12-15 page paper or an 8-12 minute film. ![]() We will also look at specific films in regard to their legal or societal impact. Readings will accompany viewings and experts will weigh in with legal, philosophical or scientific perspectives: What is accurately depicted? What is omitted? What is misrepresented? Concurrently, we will investigate the films aesthetically: How is the film structured and why? What choices are being made by the filmmaker in terms of camera, sound and editing and how do these choices affect viewers? Throughout the course, we will consider the ethics of depicting real people and traumatic events. ![]() Our emphasis will be on cases that are either mired in controversy and/or emblematic of wider social concerns. In this course, we will view non-fiction and hybrid films that revolve around crime, criminal justice, and criminal court cases. The Crime Centered Documentary (also HUM, RTVF) We focus on several important questions about law including: How do culture, structure, and conflict explain the relationship between law and society? Why do people obey the law? Why do people go to court? How does the legal system work? What is the role of lawyers, judges, and juries? How does law on the books differ from law in action? How do social problems become legal ones? How can law create or constrain social change? This course introduces the relationship between social, cultural, political, and economic forces on the one hand, and legal rules, practices, and outcomes, on the other. As one of the founders of the Law and Society movement observed, "Law is too important to leave to lawyers." Accordingly, this course will borrow from several theoretical, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary perspectives (including sociology, history, anthropology, political science, and psychology) in order to explore the sociology of law and law's role. This course examines the connections and relationships of law and society using an interdisciplinary social science approach. Law shapes our daily lives in countless ways. Law permits, prohibits, enables, legitimates, protects, and prosecutes citizens. Class Schedules ExpandClass Schedules Submenu. ![]() Class Schedules CollapseClass Schedules Submenu.Undergraduate ExpandUndergraduate Submenu.Alumni Center Stage: Lauren Weinstein and Geoff Derrick. ![]()
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